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The question of authorship is largely bound up with the one of the historical value of the contents.

A key contested issue is the historicity of Luke's depiction of Paul.

According to the majority viewpoint, Acts describes Paul differently from how he describes himself, both factually and theologically.

Acts differs with Paul's letter on important issues, such as the Law, Paul's own apostleship, and his relation to the Jerusalem church.

Scholars generally prefer Paul's account over that in Acts.

Representing a traditional view, however, some prominent scholars and historians view the book of Acts as being quite accurate and corroborated by archaeology, while agreeing with the Pauline epistles.